7067. Adulteration and misbranding of imitation maple sirup.    IT. S. v. 9 Cases of 
Imitation Maple Syrup.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 12996.    Sample No. 63343-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   July 20, 1944, Western District of North Carolina. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about June 2, 1944, by Whitehall Food Manufac- 
turing Co., from Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRODUCT:. 9 cases, each containing
' 12 l-quart bottles, of imitation maple sirup 
at Asheville, N. C.
Examination showed that the product was fermented. Analysis indicated 
that the product was an artificially colored and flavored sugar and water solution, 
containing only about 61 percent of sugar, whereas sugar sirup contains not 
less than 65 percent of sugar. 
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LABEL IN PART: (Bottles) "Maison Royal Pancake Syrup Imitation Maple 
Syrup Made From Pure Cane Sugar Syrup."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement in the ingredient list, "Made 
From Pure Cane Sugar Syrup," was false and misleading as applied to a sugar 
and water solution containing only about 61 percent of sugar.
DISPOSITION: August 22, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.